The Big Sleep | Adaptations
By creating the legendary Marlowe, Chandler can be credited with the existence of several classic film treatments of the 1930s private eye, for it was this character that a great number of subsequent writers drew upon. The most famous film portrayal of Marlowe was Humphrey Bogart's role in the 1946 film version of The Big Sleep. To many this is the quintessential gangster movie of the era, for it drips with atmosphere and the portrayals of the characters are riveting in their understated performances. The film is also recognized as a great achievement since it was masterfully...
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